multiple lnb on sky dish

miltown man

hey guys ,just wondering is der anybody dat knows is it possible to put up a multi arm on my sky dish,i.e set up 3 lnbs on to my dish to pick up other sattelites,somebody was tellin me bout itdat u can get french and other foriegn channels dis way,any info on this subject wud be most welcome.p.s im set up on vuduo and understand il prob hav to get a multiswitch..cheers miltown man

Tony

Its not possible

Henry Ford III

You can have an 8 way lnb on one arm though I thjink.

tmcw

Don't let anyone tell you it's impossible.

http://www.avforums.com/forums/5777362-post25.html

How well it'll work under less than perfect conditions is another story. Your location, starting materials and skills will have a huge bearing on success.

Better option would be to increase dish size to at least 80cm.

Mike 1972

Tony wrote: »

Its not possible

Cant see any reason why it wouldnt be possible.

Whether it would actually work though is another matter !

watty

It's possible, but REALLY stupid.

You want 78cm Triax in south East, and 90/95 Triax most of Ireland (wide/high) and 110cm Triax at extreme Western areas.

The Triax has a strong enough arm
Enough gain
and properly made arm that just clips in.

You need more gain, Always, for multifeed.



Triax 90/85 dish with Triax adaptor.

28E, 19E, 13E and 9E.

The Triax bar can easily be customised:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056197308

You are wasting your time and money with a Sky Dish.

Tony

Ok let me rephrase for the pedants amongst us. A muli LNB set up on a 60cm sky mindish will not work in Ireland correctly. Anyone who claims otherwise is misinformed.


Guys the Op is looking for help here , why waste his/her time trying solutions that do not work?

fish fingers

I have 19e working perfect along with 28e on my sky dish. Satworld sell brackets to fit on your skydish

watty

All the transponders in the rain?
You verified it on a Meter?

In Galway there is no way there is a sensible rain margin on Sky dish with offset LNB. You simply have not tested it properly during rain.

miltown man

cheers for all that guys,most helpful,im nearly convinced to go with motorisedv dish,if i do is der any 1 lnb that will do for all satellites or will i need multi lnbs,say i want to pick up 13.06 hot bird,23.5e astra,15.8 eutelsat,28.2 astra and so on on the 1 dish..1 cable comin in,well2.look forward to hearing back fomm sum1

fish fingers

if you go motorised you will only need one lnb

tmcw

fish fingers wrote: »

if you go motorised you will only need one lnb

Is there/will there ever be an LNB for Ka and Ku?

stephendevlin

fish fingers wrote: »

if you go motorised you will only need one lnb

I have a motorised dish... pain in the backside!

I hopefully in the next couple of months will have a multi lnb arm with switch my box can control the switch. Quicker to change satellites and the dish is more secure. The motor works perfect but because it has to move the dish is easier knocked off line with the wind.

I have a 1.2m dish though. bit too big for some properties but if you have a good line of sight you can have the dish on the ground on a 4' pole hidden behind a bush (like I do)

Best if your box can handle diseqc

twomill

oval shaped or parabolic dishes are not really suitable for receiving multiple satellites , you have to use circular ones as they bring in more signal more evenly